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Workforce programs yield big ROI

When community colleges educate and train people for higher-paying jobs, they not only improve individuals’ lifestyles, but that investment benefits employers, taxpayers and local and state governments. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More…


DataPoints

The No. 1 choice for certificates: Well over half of students who earned a certificate in the 2016-17 academic year received their credential from a public community college. (Read the PDF.) Daily StaffCCDaily is published…



More work hours, lower school performance

Nearly 70 percent of all college students work — but those work experiences vary greatly between low- and higher-income students, according to a new study. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as…


Federal advocate for student loan borrowers resigns

The nation’s roughly 44 million student loan borrowers have lost their advocate inside in the U.S. government. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or…


Transforming colleges — and students’ lives

What a difference a year has made for Marcia Schenck, head of the computer technology department at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts


One step closer to offering a baccalaureate

Some of the largest employers in South Carolina expressed that they need more highly skilled technical workers with advanced degrees, and state lawmakers and college leaders have heard their request. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…


Staying on track

Student-athletes face challenges that many of their traditional peers do not. Douglas GuthDouglas Guth is a writer based in Ohio.More Posts


A gathering to talk about apprenticeships

College leaders planning to create or expand apprenticeship programs are invited to a national conference October 8-9 hosted by William Rainey Harper College in Illinois. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts -…


Leadership during tragedy

As Antonio Perez retires from the presidency of the Borough of Manhattan Community College on August 31, he is being remembered for increasing enrollment, expanding the number of degree programs and raising the profile of…